Cotton or hay press



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W. H. BURGESS.

COTTON 0R HAY PRESS.

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W. 11. BURGESS.

'UOTTON OR HAY: PRESS.

No. 263,111. Patented Aug. 22, 1882;,

Wil -Hesse;

Nr-TED STATES FFICEQ PAT NT COTTON OR HAY PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming" part of Letters Patent No. 263,111, dated August 22, 1882.

' Application and May 9,1882. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BURGESS, of Rich Square-,in the county of Northampton, and in the State of North Carolina, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cotton or Hay Presses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to baling-presses of the upright kind; and the nature of my invention consists, first, in a novel construction of the press-frame, whereby it is made exceedingly strong and substantial, and at the same time light and portable, by the use of certain compound clampingblocks, which bind together the vertical posts of the frame'to the.

longitudinal and transverse sill-timbers; second, in the combination of a horizontally-divided lint box or receiver-with the press-box when these parts are hinged together so that they can be folded compactly for transportation; third,in the combination, with theropes, pulleys, and levers used to depress the follower, of winding-up drums or windlasses which are cylindro-conical, the conical portions being helically grooved, and the ends of the cylindrical portions being flanged; fourth, in providing the rounded ends of thefollowerbeam with strong metal hooks adapted to re eeive the clevises in which the pendent pulleys are applied, said hooks being rigidly secured to their beam by bolts, to whichone end of each pulley-rope is secured; fifth, in the combination, with the removable side doors of the press-box, of hooked supporting brackets secured to the longitudinal sills of the press-frame, and with grooves or mortises formed in the bottom battens of said doors, and adapted to receive the ends of the supporting-brackets when the doors areswung down, thus forming loose hinges for the doors to allow them to be detached or not, as may be desired; sixth, in the combination of angular braces with the power-levers which vibrate on the ends of the windlasses and transmit rotation to said windlasses by means of pawls and ratchets, all of which will be fully understood from the following description, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved upright press complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through the press. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. at is an elevation of one end of the press, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the corner-clamps for the sill-timbers. Fig. 6 is a view of a slotted removable partition which is designed for use in the machine for' separating the bales, so that two bales can be pressed at the same time and bound separately. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the slotted partition adjusted in position in the press to allow the follower to press two bales simultaneously. Fig. 8 is a top view of the press having the slotted partition in it.

The press-frame is composed of vertical and horizontal beams, halved together, and strongly bolted to resist powerful strain. The longitudinal sill-timbers A A are halved and bolted to the corner-uprights B of the frame of the press-box O, and'the sill-timbers A A, which are very strong, are connected together by means of parallel transverse sills A A near each end, which are mortised and tenoned into the sills A A. Between each pair of sills A A, at the ends thereof, are clamping-blocks a a, which are halved to these sills, and also to the longitudinal sills A A. The clamps a firmly bind or tie together the sill-timbers, and aid in forminga substantial base for the transversely-grooved floor A of the press-box. The uprights of the press-box G are connected together at their upper ends by longitudinal ties D and transverse ties or bars D; and the press-box is formed of four removable vertical sides, E E E E, that are strongly confined in their places and held by end clamps, I) b. The sides E E are the doors, and the battens c 0 thereof have grooves c c in them, which will receive the ends of hooked brackets 01 02 when the doors are turned down and hold the doors to the press-frame. The said brackets d d are secured to the sills A A, and support the doors when they are confined by the clamps b b in contact with the sides E. The

object of keeping the doors attached to the brackets (I when the press-box is opened is to prevent these doors from getting muddy in wet weather and soiling the cotton bales. The doors can at any time, when free from their clamps, be lifted from their brackets.

v C designates the lint-box or filling-chamber, which is composed of four sides, secured to a strong frame, F, which latter is connected by strong hinges E to the ties D ofthe pressboX frame on one side thereof and on the other side provided with suitable latches, clamps, or bolts for fastening the said frame F securely in the working position shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. The lint-box C being hinged as described, it is obvious that it can be turned over and adjusted alongside of the press-box, thereby reducing the height of the machine about one-half and making it convenient for transportation.

G designates the follower of the press, and G the strong beam thereof, the ends of which pass through vertical slots through the ends of the lint-box O and are guided thereby. This follower G has attached to its beam a pulley or sheave, through which passes ahoistz5 ing-rope, e, that also passes through a sheave hung from a davit, H. This davit is removable from the lint-box frame. By these means the follower can be conveniently elevated after each pressing operation.

To theends of the follower-beam G, I rigidly secure strong metal hooks ff, formed on the ends of straps, which are fitted upon the rounded ends of the said beam, and which receive through them the shanks of eyebolts g g, to which one end of each Windlass-rope h is secured. The eyebolts aid in securing the straps of the hooks fto the follower-beam, and the ropes h pull on these eyebolts, the said straps, and follower-beam during the pressing operation. The ropes it pass from the eyebolts fdown and beneath grooved pulleys i, thence up and over grooved pulleys j, which are applied in blocks or clevises k, hung loosely from the hooksf. From these pendent pulleys the ropes h are carried down and their ends secured in depressions made in the cylindrical portions of two horizontal transverse windlasses, J J. The windlasses have their end hearings in the longitudinal sill-timbers A A, outside of the transverse sills A, between which latter the pulleys t have their bearings, as shown in Fig. 3. The windlasses are cylindro-conical and constructed with flanges Z on their ends, and with spiral rope-receiving grooves in their conical or tapering portions. At the commencement of the pressing operation, when comparatively little power is required, the ropes are wound upon the enlarged cylindrical portions 2 of the windlasses. As the'material in the press becomes compacted the ropes pass from the cylindrical portions 2 upon the conical portions 3 of the windlasses and are gradually wound down as the resistance increases, so that at the close of the pressest diameters of the cones, where the leverage is the greatest. During the operation of winding operation the ropes pass off from the small- 1 through it a reduced portion orjournal of thewindlass, and the other end of which is secured rigidly to the lever K. Between the strap n of each lever and the latter a pawl, 0, is pivoted, adapted to engage with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel m, and to turn the'windlass for winding-up rope h when lever K is moved in one direction. When a lever, K, is moved back or toward the press, pawl 0 will not turn the Windlass. Each Windlass is provided with a pawl, 12, which is pivoted to a sill-timber, A, and which, when it is engaged with its ratchet-wheel, will prevent the rope h from unwinding from a Windlass during the pressing operation.

The operation of the press may be briefly described as follows: The follower is drawn out of the lint-box O by means of the rope e, and when the press is properly charged with the material to be baled the follower is returned to its place and the clevises 7a of pulleys j are hung on the hooksf. Pawls o andp are then .engaged with their ratchet-wheels, and the two increase theleverage. When the bale is pressed and bound, pawls 12 0 are detached from their ratchet-wheels, the press-box is opened, the bale removed, the pulley-clevises is detached from the follower-hooks, and the follower elevated out of the lint-box for commencing another pressing operation.

For the purpose of pressing more than one bale at the same time in the press-box, I use a slotted partition, W, which is removable from the machine, and which is constructed with a vertical slot in it extending down to a point below the lowest point to which the follower will be moved during the pressing operation. The follower G is notched to receive the inner edges of the bifurcated parts of the said partition WV. When the follower is removed from the press-box the partition W can be taken out, if desired. When the two masses of hay or other material have been pressed it will be seen that they are separated by the partition W, and can be readily bound with the same facility that one bale can be bound. The two bales can be readily removed from the machine after they are bound and the sides of the machine are detached.

Having described my invention, 1 claim 1. In an upright press-frame, the combination of the sill-timbers A A A A, arranged at right angles and supporting the floor of the the press-box Gwith a hoisting davit or crane,

press-box, with the compound tie or clamping blocks a, secured to said timbers, substantially in the manner described.

2. The combination, with the ends of the follower-beam, of metal hooks f, the eyebolt attachments therefor,and the hanging pulleys over which the Windlass-ropes pass, one end of each rope being secured to 'one of said eyebolts, substantially as described.

3. In a vertical bailing-press, the combination of a lint-box, O, with the press-box O, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

4. The combination of a lint-box hinged to applied removablyto said boxes,substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

5. In a balingpress, the combination of a removable partition and a grooved follower, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of April, 1882.

WILLIAM H. BURGESS.

Witnesses:

A. J. GOHAGAN, WINTHROP BARR. 

